Around Ploschad Ilicha Metro Station

Proscha Chapel

Proscha Chapel (January 2014)

The quaint Proscha Chapel nestled among the shops on Ulitsa Sergia Radonezhskogo is officially part of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery. Its name comes from the Russian word for farewell ('proschanie'), as it was traditional for chapels to be built on roads where people said farewell to their departing loved-ones. According to tradition the chapel marks the spot where St Sergius of Radonezh parted company with St Andronik of Moscow. The current version of the church was built between 1889 and 1890.


Location 23/25 Ulitsa Sergia Radonezhskogo
Metro Rimskaya, Ploschad Ilicha